Patch Reef Park would become a destination for all-things tennis by adding a rooftop-terraced building with at least 37 indoor courts, as well as facilities for teachings and tournaments,...

But opening the training facility at Patch Reef Park didn’t sit well with the public. “They want to keep our parks public,” said Briann Harms, assistant director for the Greater Boca Raton Beach & Park District. The proposal had suggested 60 percent of the academy would be for public use, and the rest would go to the Nadal operation.

District commissioners voted Monday not to proceed with discussions, Harms said. “It was a unanimous vote to sever any contact with the Nadal group,” Harms said.

No one from the Nadal group attended Monday’s meeting, Harms said. It’s not yet clear whether Nadal’s representatives would pitch opening the academy at an alternate location.